Finnvox Studios is a recording studio

Recording studio

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 located in Helsinki

Helsinki

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, Finland

Finland

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. Founded in 1965, it was the first studio in Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 dedicated for music recording. Many metal

Heavy metal music

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 bands have had albums mastered here (specifically by Mika Jussila), including Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica are a Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1995. Their later works contain several elements typical of progressive metal.....

, Nightwish

Nightwish

Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...

, Finntroll

Finntroll

Finntroll is a folk metal band from Helsinki, Finland. They combine elements of black metal and folk metal. Finntroll's lyrics are mostly in Swedish, the only exception being the song "Madon Laulu" on Visor Om Slutet...

, HIM, Moonsorrow

Moonsorrow

Moonsorrow is a pagan metal band formed in Helsinki, Finland, in 1995. Musically, the band incorporates elements of black metal and folk metal in their sound...

, Holy Knights, Ram-Zet

Ram-Zet

Ram-Zet is an extreme metal/avant-garde metal band formed in Norway in 1998. It began as a one-man project by singer and guitarist Zet, which later evolved into a full-grown band with the arrival of Küth and Solem , leading to the release of Ram-Zet's debut album Pure Therapy in September...

, Throes of Dawn

Throes of Dawn

Throes of Dawn is a Black metal band from Finland, formed in 1994 by Henri Koivula and Jani Heinola . Throes Of Dawn's Music and lyrics has been known as emotional and progressive Dark Metal ....

, Grenouer

Grenouer

Grenouer is a Russian death metal band, formed in late 1992 in Perm city. Their name is an intentional misspelling of grimoire, a magic textbook. Remaining a respected underground outfit they prove that music is the only thing that counts.- History :...

 and many more. Nightwish

Nightwish

Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band from Kitee, Finland. Formed in 1996 by songwriter and keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen, guitarist Emppu Vuorinen, and former vocalist Tarja Turunen, Nightwish's current line-up has five members, although Tarja has been replaced by Anette Olzon and the...

 has also had albums recorded and engineered here by Aksu Hanttu

Aksu Hanttu

Aksu Hanttu is a musician, record producer and sound engineer from Lahti, Finland. He plays drums in the metal band Entwine and vocals and drums in the group Tuoni. Hanttu is also involved with Finnvox Studios in Helsinki, which has worked with artists such as Nightwish, Reflexion, Soulrelic and...

 and Mikko Karmila.

Up until 1990s, Finnvox also operated a vinyl record mastering and pressing facility.

Currently, Finnvox has eight studio rooms, five of which are used for recording and mixing and three for mastering and editing.